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Carol Suzanne Weissenborn
About Carol
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Criminal Defense
40%
36 years | 2,750 cases
DUI and DWI
25%
36 years | 1,875 cases
Violent Crime
25%
36 years | 1,875 cases
Juvenile Law
10%
36 years | 1,000 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Minnesota for 35 years
State: Minnesota
Acquired: 1990
No misconduct found
Location
Law Office of Carol Weissenborn
P.O. Box 19158, Minneapolis, MN, 55419
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Carol Suzanne Weissenborn's Lawyer Endorsements
"Ms. Weissenborn is a much respected attorney in the legal community. She is always prepared to advocate zealously for her client. She is compassionate and well read in the law."
"I endorse this lawyer. I have seen Carol Weissenborn in court on a number of occasions. She is smart, tough and effective as a criminal defense lawyers, and always has her client's best interest in mind."
"Carol Weissenborn and I worked together in the Third Judicial District Public Defender's Office in Minnesota. She is one of the best trial lawyers I have ever seen. I have been a licensed lawyer for 20 years, with 15 years of criminal law experience, so I have seen many lawyers. In the time I worked with her, she won the vast majority of her trials and contested hearings. She is so well respected she was appointed the Chief Public Defender of the Third Judicial District and she has trained trial skills to dozens of lawyers."
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Experience
Honors
2009
Distinguished Service, Third Judicial District Public Defender
2002
Distinguished Service, Tenth Judicial District Public Defender
Work Experience
2010 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Hamline University School of Law
2008 - Present
Attorney, Law Office of Carol Weissenborn
2002 - 2008
Chief Public Defender, Minnesota Public Defense
1994 - 2002
Assistant Public Defender, Minnesota Public Defense
Associations
2010 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationMember
Minnesota State Bar Association
Member
Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
Member
2003 - 2008
Minnesota Public Defense Training TeamMember
2002 - 2008
Minnesota Public DefenseChief Public Defender
2001 - 2008
National Association of Criminal Defense LawyersMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Welfare of Children of J.B. (child welfare)
Termination of parental rights denied.
State v. A.R. (adult felony)
Not Guilty--Bench Trial
State v. A.M. (adult felony)
Drugs suppressed based on unlawful search; case dismissed.
State v. R.D. (adult felony)
Not Guilty--Jury Trial
State v. K.M. (adult felony)
Drugs suppressed based on unlawful search; drug counts dismissed and remaining counts resolved with a plea to a gross misdemeanor
State v. J.G. (adult felony)
Dismissal of 25 felony complaints against single individual as abuse of prosecutor’s charging discretion; reported in www.abajournal.com/news/assistant_da_no_cap_on_protection_order_violations/
State v. R.U.; State v. D.M. (adult felonies-1st degree murder-two separate cases)
Grand Jury Indictments for 1st Degree Murder dismissed in both cases
Education
1989
University of Chicago Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1981
Florida State University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2008
Minnesota Public Defender Advocacy Institute
Evidence Jeopardy
2007
Washington State Defender Association Advocacy Institute
Direct Examination
2007
Seventh District Public Defender annual meeting
Story Telling at Trial
2007
Minnesota State Bar Association
Current Topics in Criminal Defense: Caseloads, Drug Courts, Disproportionate Minority Contact & ITV
2007
Minnesota Public Defender Road Show
Key Trial Decisions: Waiving the Jury/Putting your Client on the Stand
2007
Minnesota Public Defender Advocacy Institute
Introduction to Objections
2007
17th Annual Minnesota Public Defender Conference
Rule 616 Bias
2006
Olmsted County Bar Association
Blakely v.Washington
2006
Minnesota Public Defender Advocacy Institute
Opening Statements
2004
Minnesota Public Defender Advocacy Institute
Evidence Basics
Publications
2011
William Mitchell Law Review
Rocks Rather than Cathedrals: The Minimalist Architecture of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers